Ever since the lockdown started, many teachers have been facing challenges on delivering online lectures and lesson plans to their students. From what we can see and experience, webinars or video conferences that were made available require high bandwidth. This, in turn, would make teachers complain, as their internet infrastructure or access is very slow, hampering online learning in the process.
The Philippines is still very much a work in progress when it comes to infrastructure. Yes, we see new roads, bridges and highways being constructed here and there, but the sad fact remains that our internet infrastructure still has a lot of room to improve, and that access is still not available nationwide. As an example, in Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental province, there are at least 33,000 public schools that are not yet online. Many other places face the same predicament, and given that the internet infrastructure rollout would take some time, the Department of Education will provide transistor radios to aid online learning and teaching.